From: J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 93 08:36:38 PDT
To: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Subject: Re: FIDOnet encryption (or lack thereof)
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According to Mike Godwin:
> Bill writes:
> > Heh.  OK.  Well, if one behaves "ethically", then I guess *that* closes
> > the issue.  It's his machine and he gets to make the rules.  (this is
> > my personally-adhered-to point of view)
> 
> My question is this: how does he know that the mail is encrypted if he's
> not examining the mail that passes through his system? If he *is*
> examining the mail that passes through his system, it seems likely that he
> is violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

That was my first question.  Then it occured to me that I have seen bbs's which
have disclaimers wrt email privacy.  That is the loophole he is exploiting.


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